(Note: the genesis of this document is not established. No source or date or link is provided on the page where it is posted at Lucianne.com, except that it is written by Stephen E. Fraser, MD. I searched for the document elsewhere, and found it at a web page dated March 11 at Craigslist which says that it is a letter that Dr. Fraser, an anesthesiologist in Indianapolis, sent to Sen. Bayh. But that version of the letter ends with the promise that if Bayh votes for the bill, Fraser will work to defeat his reelection bid. But of course Bayh one month ago announced he was not running for re-election, so the letter is not current. In any case, it would appear that the document concerns the more radical House bill, which was substantially changed by the Senate, not the Senate bill, which the House is currently considering. The Fraser document is also posted at Free Republic.)

(Update: I found the abstract of the letter which was published in the Sept. 13, 2009 Indianapolis Star, but you have to pay to see the original. So at least we know that the document is genuine. However, it was not written in response to the current version of the bill, unless the version at Lucianne is an updated version from the September version.)

This was posted at Lucianne.com:

ObamaCare Rules & Regs

As a practicing physician, I have major concerns with the health care bill before Congress. I actually have read the bill & am shocked by the brazenness of the government’s proposed involvement in the patient-physician relationship. The very idea that the government will dictate & ration patient care is dangerous & certainly not helpful in designing a health care system that works for all. Every physician I work with agrees that we need to fix our health care system, but the proposed bills currently making their way through congress will be a disaster if passed. I ask you respectfully & as a patriotic American to look at the following troubling lines that I have read in the bill. You cannot possibly believe that these proposals are in the best interests of the country & our fellow citizens.

Page 22 of the HC Bill: Mandates that the Gov’t will audit books of all employers that self-insure!

Page 30 Sec 123 of HC bill: THERE WILL BE A GOV’T COMMITTEE deciding what treatments &benefits you get.

Page 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill: YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED!

Page 42 of HC Bill: The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC benefits for you. You have no choice!

Page 50 Section 152 in HC bill: HC will be provided to ALL non-US citizens, illegal or otherwise.

Page 12 4 line 24-25 HC: No company can sue GOV’T on price fixing. No “judicial review” against Gov’t monopoly.

Page 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill: Doctors/ American Medical Association—The Gov’t will tell YOU what salary you can make.

Page 145 Line 15-17: An Employer MUST auto-enroll employees into public option plan. (NO choice!)

Page 126 Lines 22-25: Employers MUST pay for HC for part-time employees & their families. (Employees shouldn’t get excited about this as employers will be forced to reduce its work force, benefits, & wages/salaries to cover such a huge expense.)

Page 149 Lines 16-24: ANY Employer with payroll 401k & above who does not provide public option will pay 8% tax on all payrolls! (See the last comment in parenthesis.)

Page 150 Lines 9-13: A business with payroll between $251K & $401K who doesn’t provide public option will pay 2-6% tax on all payroll.

Page 167 Lines 18-23: ANY individual who doesn’t have acceptable HC according to Gov’t will be taxed 2.5% of income.

Page 427 Lines 15-24: The Gov’t mandates a program for orders on “end-of-life.” (The Gov’t has a say in how your life ends!)

Page 429 Lines 1-9: An “advanced-care planning consultant” will be used frequently as a patient’s health deteriorates.

Page 429 Lines 10-12: An “advanced care consultation” may include an ORDER for end-of-life plans … (AN ORDER TO DIE FROM THE GOVERNMENT?)

Page 429 Lines 13-25: The GOV’T will specify which doctors can write an end-of-life order … (I wouldn’t want to st& before God after getting paid for THAT job!) Page 430 Lines 11-15: The Gov’t will decide what level of treatment you will have at end-of-life! (Again—no choice!)

Page 494-498: Gov’t will cover Mental Health Services including defining, creating, & rationing those services. Senator, I guarantee that I personally will do everything possible to inform patients & my fellow physicians about the dangers of the proposed bills you & your colleagues are debating. Furthermore, if you vote for a bill that enforces socialized medicine on the country & destroys the doctor-patient relationship, I will do everything in my power to make sure each one of you loses his or her job in the next election. Respectfully, Stephen E. Fraser, MD

Dear Reader,

I urge you to use the power that you were born with (& the power that may soon be taken away) & circulate this email to as many people as you can reach. The Power of the People can stop this from happening to us, our parents, our grandparents, our children, & to following generations